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USS LST-24


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Victor - Mike
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

USS LST-24 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 19 November 1942, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.
  • Launched, 17 April 1943
  • Placed in reduced commission, 3 May 1943, for transit to her fitting out yard at New Orleans, LA.
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Re-commissioned USS LST-24, 14 June 1943, LT Arnold I. Sobel, USCGR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-24 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. G.B. Carter, USN);
     LST Group Fifteen, CDR. V. K. Busck, USN;
     LST Division Thirty and
    LST Flotilla Six, CAPT. Laidlaw;
     LST Group Seventeen, CAPT. E. Watts USN;
     LST Division Thirty-Three and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 8 to 12 August 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945
    Western New Guinea operation
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 25 March to 24 June 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 18 to 31 October and 8 to 29 November 1944     		 

  • Decommissioned, 26 February 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • Sold, 23 December 1947, to Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, TX. for commercial service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LST-24 earned five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    1,625 t.(lt)
    4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    2,366 t. (beaching displacement)
    Length 328' o.a.
    Beam 50'
    Draft
    light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft
    sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft
    landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
    limiting 11' 2"
    maximum navigation 14' 1"
    Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    13 officers
    104 enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    16 officers
    147 enlisted
    Boats 2 LCVP
    Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)
    Typical loads
    One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck
    Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting
    Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was
    2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    4 - Single 40MM gun mounts
    12 single 20MM gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 4,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    two propellers, 1,700shp
    twin rudders
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    LST-24
    1016002401    		 152k Trucks and equipment of the US Army 1978th Engineering Aviation Battalion roll off of USS LST-24 after landing at Luzon, Island, Philippines, 13 February 1945.
    US National Archives - US Army Air Corps photo 76402 A.C.    		 Jason Post
    LST-24
    1016002402    		 183k USS LST-24 transferring 16"/45 H.C. shells and charges (2000 F.S.) to USS Maryland (BB-46), 31 March 1945 between 1250 and 1728 hours, in the protected anchorage or harbor at Kerama Retto, about 15 miles west off Okinawa. LST-24 was one of nine LSTs assigned to LST Group 74, the ammunition delivery squadron for the Okinawa invasion. Of these nine LSTs, LST-24 was the only LST loaded with 16"/45 ammunition used by Colorado Class Battleships.
    Photo from USS Maryland War History, page 40. National Archives ID 7766397. Data is from USS Maryland Report of Operations 3/25/45-4/14/45 page 12. National Archives ID 139992991.    		 David Upton
    USS LST-24
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Sobel, Arnold I., USCGR14 June 1943 - ?
    02LT. Ellsworth, Donald J., USCGR? - 22 January 1946
    03LTjg. Ekblom, Richard A.22 January 1946 - 26 February 1946
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    LST Flotilla Five War Diary May 1944
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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